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Old 10-09-2011, 08:30 PM   #4
Catherine
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Re: Does cancer treatment age you?

I am 63 and 5.5 years out from DX. Luckily, I seem fine. In comparison to good friends my age, I do feel that I am aging faster than they are. But the good news is, I am aging.
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Found my own lump in the shower
April 2006 at the age of 58
Stage IIB, ER- PR- HER2+++ multi focal tumors, largest 2.3cm
Chemo first: AC/Taxol over 16 weeks
Bilateral mastectomy Sep 06
33 rads after the surgery
1 year of Herceptin completed Dec 07
15 years and no recurrence as of April 2021
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